My mom was from a small town in the valley near Cozenza …we called them turdidi too…a funny story…Inworked as a Flight Attendant and now retired…I bought my parents to Paris…we went to a Tunisian Pastry shop and low and behold we saw something similar to turdidi…and also Scalidde…another pastry my mom made…I guess we were right across from Tunisia and the Moors did invade S. Italy . Thanks for recipe.
@@simplydelishduo4020 note: the Tunisian version was more bland and also used honey even on the scalille. Funny you mentioned fig honey…moms family made that too…figs rendered into sort of a jam…they also made musto, an extract from grape and the main ingredient for mustaccioli cookies, another Christmas tradition. The ancient Romans made musto too and used it in various preparations. Our history is so amazing….I did my DNA and found I had Italian Jew ( probably from freed slaves from originating from captive Israel of 70EC )and also a large amount Sardinian…lots of movement in the Mediterranean basin…lol.
I’m already making a plan for Christmas cookies and came across this recipe. My grandfather was also from a valley near Cosenza and my grandmother was from Rende, a hilltop town nearby. Interesting history on these! I’m excited to taste a memory from my childhood and our big family gatherings on Christmas Eve.
my familys from palermo and we have a version of this every year since i was a kid in the 80s, they look like small round chick peas. they taste kind of dry but we coat them in honey. it's a version of grispelle i think. we also make casatetas
You added Martini ( I think that's what you said) What is that? Also How do you keep the honey from settling to the bottom of the dish? I make Struffoli and even if I heat the honey so it's not thin, it always drips to the bottom of my serving tray. I'd appreciate your feedback.......Thanks and Happy New Year
Martini is a cocktail made with gin and vermouth. You are correct, the honey does tend to settle, what I do is make just enough honey and toss in the cookies and mix for a good minute or two until the cookies absorb most of the honey. Happy New Year to you as well! All the best in 2021.
Put white cooking wine if you would rather drink the good white wine to drink it WHILE your baking LOL!! She will show you how to incorporate the honey we also put in raw whole almonds delicious !!!
